I’m (18F) personally not sad that my S/O (17M) wants to focus more on his studies. In fact, I’m happy for him and want to encourage him. Plus, I will focus on my studies, friends, loved ones, hobbies, etc.
But we can’t talk much because he needs to do his schoolwork for his last year of high school. How can we make a relationship work without much talking? I asked him what we could do and he had no idea.
Do stuff that you would have been doing separately… together. You are doing homework and he is doing homework. You are not talking but you are still spending quality time in each other’s presence. That presupposes that you are actually capable to focus on your tasks without relapsing into conversation. Above a certain frequency of interruptions, being alone becomes preferable again.